“I suspect the police are trying to help at the other end but there is no-one around here to help at all.

“It is so stressful, there are hundreds of people trapped here all waiting patiently in their cars and other people are driving on the hard shoulder. There is a notice saying drivers should not use the hard shoulder.

“The big problem is that once you get onto this section of the M62 there are no turn offs at all. They need to get some emergency turn-offs so people can get off - if a woman was having a baby they would have to get a helicopter.

“I am not dehydrated yet but in another hour or two I might be, it is cloudy but very hot. No-one has offered us any help at all, we are just stranded here.”

The crash also caused delays on bus services, with services through Calderdale, Huddersfield and Leeds operating up to an hour minutes late. There were also cancellations.